u-s-sentencing-guidelines

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6166 Moses Moreira v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-notes criminal-activity criminal-assets fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-precedent manager-status participant-supervision sentencing-enhancement subordinate-participant supervision u-s-sentencing-guidelines U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1 provides a sentencing enhancement for a defendant's status as a "manager or supervisor" of certain criminal activity. Under the Appli…
22-5474 Romney Christopher Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP communication-offense criminal-sentencing harassment intent-to-carry-out overt-acts sentencing sentencing-guidelines threat-enhancement threatening-communications u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§-2a6.1(b)(1) Whether, in sentencing in cases involving threatening or harassing communications, the six-level offense level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2A6.1(b)(1…
20-5058 Randy Estevez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-unanimity sentencing sentencing-reasonableness u-s-sentencing-guidelines unanimity 1. Whether the district court erred in not instructing the jury that it should be unanimous on the date and location of his alleged possession of the …
19-8508 Javier Villar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule managerial-role motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing-enhancement standing u-s-sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals erred in denying the Defendant's motion to suppress evidence located in the Appellant's reside…
18-8325 Amaury Villa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-calculation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-procedure u-s-sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether appellant received the effective assistance of counsel? 2. Whether appellant's sentence was properly calculated?
18-6171 Dion Terry Taylor v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review district-court-discretion district-court-proceedings inter-circuit-inconsistency pinney-dock proof-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-standard standard-of-proof standard-of-review u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§5k2.1 unraised-claims 1. Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to clarify the Sixth Circuit's "Pinney Dock" standard governing review of claims which were no…